Espn/disney/abc must be furious

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Chadalina

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They pay all this money for to air tennis and the biggest match of the year is cancelled.

They actually moved this match to the big channel, ABC...

Do you think withdrawals like these will hurt the future of tennis broadcasting?
 
ollinger

ollinger

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Chadalina said:
They pay all this money for to air tennis and the biggest match of the year is cancelled.
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Not so terrible for ABC as the advertising time was already sold, sometimes they rebate a small percentage of that if the event doesn't come off as planned but I suspect they made out okay
 
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big ted

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on another network affiliate they were showing a macgruber rerun at the same time which makes me wonder why they arent showing more network tennis... i think tennis can be more popular if they show it on network tv more no matter who is playing
 
augustobt

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big ted said:
on another network affiliate they were showing a macgruber rerun at the same time which makes me wonder why they arent showing more network tennis... i think tennis can be more popular if they show it on network tv more no matter who is playing
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What interest would anyone that isn't a tennis addict would have in turning on the tv and watching, I don't know, a Carreño-Busta vs Kevin Anderson match. It would actually make people less interested in tennis.

Let's address the real problem here. Matches needs to be interesting to the viewers.
 
DSH

DSH

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Chadalina said:
They pay all this money for to air tennis and the biggest match of the year is cancelled.

They actually moved this match to the big channel, ABC...

Do you think withdrawals like these will hurt the future of tennis broadcasting?
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what?
Not even close!

fedal rivalry it is vey uneven now.

nadal djokovic on clay and djokovic federer on grass it's much more interesting to see.
 
DNShade

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tennisaddict said:
ABC lost big money. This was their real final and payback for their investment.

Nadal did a Bernie Madoff.
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Since ESPN is basically part of ABC which is all owned by Disney this was a just a decision on where to air - it's not like ABC outbid for it or anything. I'm sure they were disappointed but I doubt it was a major loss money wise.
 
DSH

DSH

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Nadal is the :happydevil:.
How dare he that a media and entertainment company as small as Disney lose money?
 
underground

underground

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DSH said:
what?
Not even close!

fedal rivalry it is vey uneven now.

nadal djokovic on clay and djokovic federer on grass it's much more interesting to see.
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It's the biggest match in the sense that the general public in the US probably have no clue about tennis so ABC probably thought they hit that jackpot when they got a Fedal match cos those people will just lap it up when they just hear of that matchup.
 
DSH

DSH

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underground said:
It's the biggest match in the sense that the general public in the US probably have no clue about tennis so ABC probably thought they hit that jackpot when they got a Fedal match cos those people will just lap it up when they just hear of that matchup.
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yeah, but the play went wrong to them.
 
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Dan Lobb

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Why didn't Nadal concede his quarterfinal before the end of the match?

The pros used to do that for the good of the game, so as to not cancel a match in the next round.
 
Deon Sanders

Deon Sanders

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Put it on the never ending list of reasons Ned will never be thought of in the same universe as Roger

I guess the good news is it hit every sports ticker in America that Roger wasnt the weak one yet again
 
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big ted

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augustobt said:
What interest would anyone that isn't a tennis addict would have in turning on the tv and watching, I don't know, a Carreño-Busta vs Kevin Anderson match. It would actually make people less interested in tennis.

Let's address the real problem here. Matches needs to be interesting to the viewers.
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i dont know...my point is if they put more tennis on network tv, weekend viewers will get to know players besides federer & nadal...
 
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